We see the interest of French business in participating in Ukraine’s recovery – Yuliia Svyrydenko The issues of participation of French companies in the reconstruction of Ukraine and attraction of investments were discussed during a meeting of First Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yuliia Svyrydenko with the French delegation headed by Minister Delegate for Transport at the French Ministry of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion Clément Beaune.

Ukraine needs ten times more humanitarian demining professionals than it has now – Yuliia Svyrydenko Ukraine needs ten times the number of professionals trained to international standards for humanitarian demining. That is why the Government expects partner countries to help train deminers. This was stated by First Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yuliia Svyrydenko in an address at the International Summit of Cities and Regions held in the framework of the Congress of Local and Regional Authorities under the President of Ukraine. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg and Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine Andriy Yermak also attended the meeting.

G7 ambassadors learned results of Ukraine’s sanctions work and future plans Ukraine is determined to increase sanctions pressure on the aggressor state and expects continued effective cooperation with partners in sanctions policy. This was discussed at a meeting of First Deputy Prime Minister – Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yuliia Svyrydenko with G7 ambassadors.

In the issue of importing Ukrainian agricultural products, we should apply a joint approach of the EU, and not unilateral decisions of individual countries – Vice-President of the European Commission Negotiations on unblocking imports of Ukrainian agricultural products to the EU between Ukraine, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and the European Commission continue. The EU has offered a financial aid package to five countries neighbouring Ukraine in exchange for lifting restrictive measures on Ukrainian agricultural goods. This was announced by Vice-President of the European Commission Valdis Dombrovskis after a meeting with representatives of Ukraine and five EU member states that limit exports of Ukrainian agricultural products.

Ukraine and Bulgaria look for a common solution to the grain issue – Yuliia Svyrydenko On 19 April, First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine – Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yuliia Svyrydenko had an online meeting with Minister of Economy and Industry of Bulgaria Nikola Stoyanov to discuss the temporary ban on grain and food imports from Ukraine introduced from today. The exception is the transit of Ukrainian agricultural products. Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Ukraine to the Republic of Bulgaria Olesia Ilashchuk also joined the meeting.